Oct 23 Rex Tillerson makes unannounced side trip to Afghanistan By Matthew Lee and Alex Brandon, Associated Press Cloaked in secrecy and under heavy security, Tillerson slipped out of the Qatari capital of Doha in the pre-dawn hours and flew into Afghanistan on Monday. Continue reading
Oct 23 Japanese defense minister sounds alarm on North Korea By Associated Press Japan's defense minister asserted Monday that North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities have grown to an "unprecedented, critical and imminent" level. Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch 3:37 Myanmar Buddhists protest repatriation of Rohingya By PBS News Hour In Myanmar, hundreds of Buddhists this weekend protested the government's suggestion that it might take back the nearly 600,000 minority Muslims known as the Rohingya, who have fled into Bangladesh amid killings by government soldiers since late August. Farah Kabir,… Continue watching
Oct 22 U.S. pushes Saudi Arabia, Iraq on united front to counter Iran By Matthew Lee and Alex Brandon, Associated Press Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday pushed for Saudi Arabia and Iraq to unite in common cause to counter growing Iranian assertiveness. Continue reading
Oct 21 Watch 4:04 Pollution causes one in six deaths worldwide By PBS News Hour In 2015, pollution killed three times the number of people as AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined, and 15 times the number of people killed by war and violence. The study, by the environmental nonprofit Pure Earth and published in The… Continue watching
Oct 21 Watch 9:06 What’s behind the Catalan movement for independence By PBS News Hour Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced Saturday he’ll dissolve Catalonia’s government and exercise direct control over the region of 7.5 million people. The announcement is intended to stop the independence movement in Catalonia, which voted to secede in a referendum… Continue watching
Oct 21 After Raqqa, Trump says U.S. shifts to ‘new phase’ in Syria By Jill Colvin, Associated Press President Donald Trump is portraying the Islamic State group's ouster from its Syrian stronghold as a milestone in the U.S. fight against terrorism. Continue reading
Oct 21 Watch 3:43 NAFTA renegotiations hit impasse, raising doubts about its future By PBS News Hour The North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) created the world’s largest free trade zone 23 years ago. This summer, the U.S. began renegotiating NAFTA in a bid to reduce a trade deficit with Canada and Mexico -- but the talks,… Continue watching
Oct 21 Spain’s prime minister to impose direct rule over Catalonia By Michael D. Regan Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Saturday he would use his constitutional powers to impose direct rule over Catalonia and remove its regional leader. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch Raqqa has fallen, but ISIS isn’t going away By PBS News Hour, Nick Schifrin U.S.-backed forces in Syria have declared victory in the city of Raqqa, the self-proclaimed capital of the Islamic State. But four years of ISIS control and four months of fighting have left a majority of the city uninhabitable. Special correspondent… Continue watching